MELBOURNE - May 4/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Victoria was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front will approach western Victoria this evening and move move rapidly across the State overnight and early Tuesday as an associated deep low pressure system passes south of Tasmania. Further cold fronts will move across Bass Strait and Tasmania during Wednesday and Thursday, maintaining a vigorous westerly airflow across southern Victoria. Forecast for the rest of MondayScattered showers developing in the far southwest this evening, then extending to remaining western and central districts at night. Evening fog patches in Gippsland. Northerly winds freshening from the west.Tuesday 5 MayScattered showers, more frequent over the southwest and the northeast, falling as snow above 1400 metres. Isolated showers in East Gippsland. Local hail and thunder developing in the south. A cool to cold day with strong to locally gale force north to northwesterly winds shifting strong and squally west to northwesterly from the west during the day.Wednesday 6 MayScattered showers on and south or the ranges, falling as snow above 1400 metres. Only the chance of a shower about the northern plains. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh westerly winds, strong and gusty at times about the coast.Thursday 7 MayIsolated showers on and south or the ranges, more frequent near the coast and about the eastern ranges and falling as snow above 1200 metres. Only the chance of a shower about the northern plains. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh westerly winds, strong at times about the coast.Friday 8 MayIsolated showers, scattered near the coast and about the eastern ranges. The chance of a shower in the Mallee. Snow showers above 1600 metres. Cool to cold with moderate westerly winds fresh to strong in the south.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST Tuesday.Product IDV10310 Notice Board Baton passes to Olympic Park for Melbourne city weather observations Rainfall Forecast Terminology New fully equipped weather station for Melbourne at Melbourne Olympic Park Media Releases Marketing Meteorological Offices Mildura weather Other Information Fire Weather Forecast Areas Coastal Wind Warning Reference Points Severe Thunderstorms in Victoria About Graphical Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vic About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services Warnings Water Climate Environment Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warning Centre Agriculture - Water and the Land Marine & Ocean UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Graphical Views Radar Maps Rainfall Forecasts Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Climate Data Online Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storage MetEye™ National Weather Services Aviation Weather Services Defence Services Space Weather Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Business Entry Point Facebook Twitter Youtube Blog Google+ Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 09:00 on Monday 4 May 2015 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2015, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); var _nol = { pvar: { cid: "abm", content: "0", server: "secure-au" } }; (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//secure-au.imrworldwide.com/v60a.js'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); })();
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